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Kids' Bible Stories |
Elijah Click here for more stories |
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Ahab was a King of Israel
who married a very evil woman called Jezebel. She led the King and most of
the people of Israel away from God to worship an idol, called Baal. She also
had many of God's prophets killed.
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God sent His prophet
Elijah to King Ahab. Elijah told the King to have the people of Israel and
the false prophets of Baal gather on Mount Carmel. Elijah and the false
prophets would each prepare to sacrifice a young bull to their own god. The
false prophets would pray to Baal and Elijah would pray to the Lord God. The
god who could send fire down from heaven to light the fire on the altar would
be the true God. Everyone was agreed.
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The false prophets prayed
for Baal to send fire but no fire came. Elijah told them to shout louder. He
said maybe Baal was busy or sleeping. They cried out and cut themselves, but
no fire came.
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At evening time, Elijah
called the people while he repaired and finished building the Lord's altar.
Three times he told the people to pour water on the wood and the sacrifice.
Elijah prayed to the Lord and suddenly, God sent down fire from Heaven. The
fire burnt up the offering, the altar, and the water.
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When the people saw it,
they fell on their faces and said "The Lord, He is the one true
God". Elijah had all the false prophets taken away and killed.
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